Mondi received nine awards in six categories at this year’s WorldStar Packaging awards. Open to packaging companies around the world, the WorldStar awards recognise the best ideas, innovations and technologies on the market, with a focus on sustainability, product protection and end-user convenience. “Mondi is a pioneer in making packaging sustainable by design. Our EcoSolutions […]
Tag Archives: fiber-based packaging
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Oct
Oct
Continuing its focus on global sustainability leadership and aligned with its ‘from Plastic to Purpose’ campaign, Ahlstrom-Munksjö has released a pioneering mono-material oxygen barrier technology made of 100% cellulose fibers. The PureBarrier™ technology is based on Genuine Vegetable Parchment and boasts numerous attributes including oxygen and gas barrier properties as well as natural wet […]
03
Oct
Oct
SCGP is moving ahead with an expansion plan to create a new production complex in the north of Vietnam and establish a packaging paper production base within the complex with a total investment of over 11,793 million baht. Commercial start-up is expected early 2024, to integrate SCGP’s operations in Vietnam and meet challenges of the […]
02
Jun
Jun
PulPac and Dan-Web partners in airlaid technologies developing standardized machinery for Dry Molded Fiber to replace single-use plastics with affordable fiber-based alternatives. The partnership will combine Dan-Web’s extensive know-how, engineering capabilities and technologies in airlaid with the Dry Molded Fiber process. The Dry Molded Fiber standardized defibration unit, called “Mill-to-Web”, will be optimized for packaging […]
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Apr
Apr
By combining their expertise and latest innovations, Siegwerk and Kotkamills will actively create new capabilities for fiber-based packaging printers and producers, promoting circularity. Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, and Kotkamills, a Finnish paper and paperboard manufacturer, have joined forces to create innovative solutions for […]
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Mar
Mar
Metsä Group’s innovation company Metsä Spring and Valmet are building a demo plant in Äänekoski. The plant will manufacture new 3D fiber products for food packaging and other purposes. The demo plant reached its full height on 23 March 2021 with construction work proceeding as planned. The main equipment delivered by Valmet will be […]
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Feb
Feb
Oji Fibre Solutions selects ABB to install automation and winder systems to improve operator safety at Penrose Mill in Auckland Oji Fibre Solutions, a leading producer of market pulp, paperboard, and fiber-based packaging, has appointed ABB to supply a specially-designed winder safety system – the first of its kind in New Zealand – as well […]
03
Dec
Dec
The Metsä company is to release capital from its pulp business and to focus on growth in paperboard. Metsä Board has made the final decision on the renewal of its Husum pulp mill and simultaneously signed an agreement to sell a 30% stake in the mill to Swedish forest owner cooperative Norra Skog. The company […]